title: Cross-cultural adaptation of the Innsbruck Health Dimensions Questionnaire for Neurosurgical Patients (IHD-NS).
abstract: The goal of this study was to accomplish the cross-cultural adaptation of a quality of life instrument, specific for neurosurgical patients, called Innsbruck Health Dimensions Questionnaire for Neurosurgical Patients (IHD-NS). Thirty patients participated in this study, male and female, all having been submitted to brain tumor surgery more than twelve months before, and whose ages ranged from 26 to 66. After the process of translation/back translation and the elaboration of the Brazilian version of the instrument, the patients were assessed and reassessed within a one-month period. Statistical analyses evinced the preservation of the internal consistency, high agreement levels and highly significant intra-class correlation, allowing for the belief in the quality and reliability of the Portuguese version, named Questionário de Dimensões de Saúde para Pacientes Neurocirúrgicos de Innsbruck--DSI (NC).
authors.affiliation: Hospital das Clínicas, Tumor Group, Medical School at the University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil. camilabsantos@gmail.com
authors.forename: Camila Batista dos
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Simone Carneiro Ahualli de
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Maria Fernanda Gouveia da
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: Pedro Augusto
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Santana
authors.forename: André Beer
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Furlan
authors.forename: Paulo Henrique Pires de
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Aguiar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D001938:Brazil; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D011788:Quality of Life; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires